Review of Third age learners of foreign languages; Editor: Danuta Gabryś-Barker; Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2018; ISBN: 9781783099405; Pages: 256
Journal Title: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 4
Abstract
Book review
Authors and Affiliations
Dorota WERBIŃSKA
Reframing the L2 learning experience as narrative reconstructions of classroom learning
In this study we investigate the situated and dynamic nature of the L2 learning experience through a newly-purposed instrument called the Language Learning Story Interview, adapted from McAdams’ life story interview (200...
The role of international student interactions in English as a lingua franca in L2 acquisition, L2 motivational development and intercultural learning during study abroad
Crossing borders features prominently as a theme in study abroad, not only in terms of students’ physical border crossings but also in their intercultural interactions with second language (L2) speakers whose background...
A drama of selves: Investigating teacher identity development from dialogical and complexity perspectives
Identity is of increasing interest in teacher education. Crucial for resilience, the development of a coherent professional identity has been characterized as emerging from tensions between multiple and sometimes conflic...
Analyzing randomized controlled interventions: Three notes for applied linguists
I discuss three common practices that obfuscate or invalidate the statistical analysis of randomized controlled interventions in applied linguistics. These are (a) checking whether randomization produced groups that are...
Input manipulation, enhancement and processing: Theoretical views and empirical research
examining the issue of how learners interact with input by conducting research measuring particular kinds of instructional interventions (input-oriented and meaning-based). These interventions include such things as inpu...